diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/core/container/pause.ts b/packages/qwik/src/core/container/pause.ts
index 58171ec42ff..746c57fad67 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/core/container/pause.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/core/container/pause.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ import {
 import { isArray, isObject, isSerializableObject } from '../util/types';
 import { directGetAttribute, directSetAttribute } from '../render/fast-calls';
 import { isNotNullable, isPromise } from '../util/promises';
-import { collectDeps, serializeValue, UNDEFINED_PREFIX } from './serializers';
+import {
+  collectDeps,
+  serializeValue,
+  UNDEFINED_PREFIX,
+  NOSERIALIZE_PREFIX,
+} from './serializers';
 import {
   type ContainerState,
   FILTER_REJECT,
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ export const _serializeData = async (data: any, pureQRL?: boolean) => {
         }
         return obj;
       case 'string':
+        return NOSERIALIZE_PREFIX + obj;
       case 'boolean':
         return obj;
     }
@@ -482,6 +488,7 @@ export const _pauseFromContexts = async (
         }
         return obj;
       case 'string':
+        return NOSERIALIZE_PREFIX + obj;
       case 'boolean':
         return obj;
     }
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/core/container/resume.ts b/packages/qwik/src/core/container/resume.ts
index e25cdd43eb2..c1b335f2b0f 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/core/container/resume.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/core/container/resume.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ import { emitEvent } from '../util/event';
 
 import { isArray, isSerializableObject, isString } from '../util/types';
 import { directGetAttribute, directSetAttribute } from '../render/fast-calls';
-import { createParser, OBJECT_TRANSFORMS, type Parser, UNDEFINED_PREFIX } from './serializers';
+import {
+  createParser,
+  OBJECT_TRANSFORMS,
+  type Parser,
+  UNDEFINED_PREFIX,
+  NOSERIALIZE_PREFIX,
+} from './serializers';
 import {
   type ContainerState,
   _getContainerState,
@@ -76,7 +82,9 @@ export const _deserializeData = (data: string, element?: unknown) => {
   for (let i = 0; i < _objs.length; i++) {
     const value = _objs[i];
     if (isString(value)) {
-      _objs[i] = value === UNDEFINED_PREFIX ? undefined : parser.prepare(value);
+      _objs[i] = value === UNDEFINED_PREFIX ? undefined :
+        value.startsWith(NOSERIALIZE_PREFIX) ? value.slice(1) :
+          parser.prepare(value);
     }
   }
 
@@ -228,7 +236,9 @@ export const resumeContainer = (containerEl: Element) => {
     assertTrue(objs.length > index, 'resume: index is out of bounds', id);
     let value = objs[index];
     if (isString(value)) {
-      value = value === UNDEFINED_PREFIX ? undefined : parser.prepare(value);
+      value = value === UNDEFINED_PREFIX ? undefined :
+        value.startsWith(NOSERIALIZE_PREFIX) ? value.slice(1) :
+          parser.prepare(value);
     }
     let obj = value;
     for (let i = id.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/core/container/serializers.ts b/packages/qwik/src/core/container/serializers.ts
index 19360f1b38f..fc5077abc91 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/core/container/serializers.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/core/container/serializers.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ import { Slot } from '../render/jsx/slot.public';
 \': single quote (U+0027 APOSTROPHE)
 \\: backslash (U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS)
  */
-export const UNDEFINED_PREFIX = '\u0001';
+export const NOSERIALIZE_PREFIX = '\u0000';
+export const UNDEFINED_PREFIX   = '\u0001';
 
 export interface Serializer<T> {
   $prefix$: string;